Too Much Doubt Is The Key To Knowledge Essay

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WE KNOW WITH CONFIDENCE THAT WE KNOW LITTLE ; “WITH KNOWLEDGE DOUBT INCREASES.”
Through numerous looks into and advancements of training we claim to have picked up knowledge which can be described as the possession of information in psychological form which has been obtained through reason, perception, emotion or language; it is justified true beliefs. In any case, with numerous counter claims some learning we claim to known are ended up being false, so closing all that we can thoroughly consent to the Persian parable; “We can say with confidence that we know little”. The question is whether doubting a piece of information will lead to knowledge? We shall look at obtaining knowledge concerning history or the future natural science. These two areas of knowledge are good ways to see whether doubt is the key to knowledge when it concerns human nature as both areas of knowledge are focused on human nature but history- the past and natural science- the present.
In history we mostly obtain knowledge by viewing primary and …show more content…

In Natural Science, doubt will become the inhibitor to knowledge when there is too much doubt. If the scientist is not certain about many things, he will not gain any information from his uncertain feelings, so doubt leaves us in the state of confusion? Excessive doubt will make something become more complex and the scientist might become confused too. When the theory becomes complex, the experiment to falsify the theory will become more complicated. And without the suitable and appropriate apparatus, the scientist cannot make any progress from the theory that he felt uncertain. As for an example, the existence of aliens or the living creatures from other planets cannot be proven true or false until nowadays. The technology that we have nowadays still cannot find the truth about them. To conclude here, in Natural Science, too much doubt will become a hindrance in gaining

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